Your kids’ friends will be thrilled to receive these DIY Valentine’s Day surprises

Last year, my son and daughter came home from daycare on Valentine’s Day with cards from each of their classmates. Apparently, kids in daycare give valentines to each other. I didn’t know that.

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But I’m going to redeem myself this year with my kazoo craft!

You will need:

• Scissors
• Card stock
• Markers or metallic pens
• Washi tape
• Kazoos

I found the kazoos in the party section of a certain big-box store, and I bought them for three reasons:

1. They’re cheap.
2. They’re cute.
3. They’re crap. (I don’t feel bad about throwing them away.)

I threw one across the room to prove they’re crap. Tyson was kind enough to retrieve it for me.

Get creative with the little messages to your kids’ classmates. I chose to tell Tyson that “kazoo are special.” Get it?!

I just hope a room full of preschoolers with kazoos doesn’t cause the teacher’s head to explode!

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